Economy Plus Dealmaking Leading Market Catalysts

Here is a weekly recap of the S&P 500 broken down by sector (holding weightings %, YTD % and % of portfolio in top 10 holdings) followed by sector heat map as economy plus dealmaking leading market catalysts. Stocks in heat map are based on the top 10 holdings of each sector ETF. Click on each picture to zoom in. Below is a summary of this week’s action on Wall Street provided by CNBC:

Comcast bids $65B for Fox Assets in all cash deal, President Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort sent to jail and United States trade tensions heat up as Trump refuses to back down on tariffs.

The S&P 500 (SPY) inched up +0.02% this week. Sector advancers beat decliners 6 to 5 as shown below in the sector graph. Leading advancers higher was consumer discretionary (XLY) +1.99%, utilities (XLU) +1.75% and consumer staples (XLP) +1.40%. Healthcare (XLV) and technology (XLK) each had small gains of less than 1%. Energy (XLE) -3.55%, financials (XLF) -2.17% dragged decliners down. Materials (XLB), industrials (XLI) and real estate (XLRE) each had losses of more than 1%.

Economy Plus Dealmaking Leading Market Catalysts

Stocks ended Monday with slight gains as investors focused toward North Korea Summit. Stocks closed flat on Tuesday after investors were not impressed by the lack of details coming from the agreement of the North Korea Nuclear Summit. After markets closed on Tuesday, a judge approved the AT&T Time Warner merger. Equities deflated following the Fed hinting additional hikes on Wednesday. The sense of dealmaking activity on Wall Street lifted a majority of stocks on Thursday. Trade worries resurface leaving investors uneasy on Friday.

Key takeaways…

The following are CNBC screenshots taken this past week regarding the S&P 500 breaking 2,800, Fed meeting in focus, what matters to markets and market movers:

Weekly performance of the S&P 500 top 10 holdings:

AAPL -1.49%

MSFT -1.48%

AMZN +1.90%

FB +3.57%

JPM -2.89%

BRK.B -2.17%

XOM -3.52%

GOOG +2.80%

GOOGL +2.34%

JNJ -1.17%

Credit: Sector Graph provided by Sector SPDR app. Sector breakdown provided by Charles Schwab. Sector heat map provided by finviz. Information Credit: News Headlines and quotes were taken from CNBC in the writing of this post.

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